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Tales from Two Hemispheres by Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen (Paperback / softback, 2009)

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General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1876 Original Publisher: J. R. Osgood and company Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: A GOOD-FOR-NOTHING. ' ALPH GRIM was born a gentleman. He had the misfortune of coming into the world some ten years later than might reasonably have been expected. Colonel Grim and his lady had celebrated twelve anniversaries of their wedding-day, and had given up all hopes of ever having a son and heir, when this late-comer startled them by his unexpected appearance. The only previous addition to the family had been a daughter, and she was then ten summers old. Ralph was a very feeble child, and could only with great difficulty be persuaded to retain his hold of the slender thread which bound him to existence. He was rubbed with whisky, and wrapped in cotton, and given mare's milk to drink, and God kws what t, and the Col onel swore a round oath of paternal delight when at last the infant stopped gasping in that distressing way and began to breathe like other human beings. The mother, who, in spite of her anxiety for the child's life, had found time to plot for him a career of future magnificence, w suddenly set him apart for literature, because that was the easiest road to fame, and disposed of him in marriage to one of the most distinguished families of the land. She cautiously suggested this to her husband when he came to take his seat at her bedside; but to her utter astonishment she found that he had been indulging a similar train of thought, and had already destined the infant prodigy for the army. She, however, could t give up her predilection for literature, and the Colonel, who could t bear to be contradicted in his own house, as h...

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Publisher
General Books
ISBN-10
1150162031
ISBN-13
9781150162039
eBay Product ID (ePID)
185179324

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Author
Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen
Format
Paperback / Softback, Trade Paperback (US) ,Unsewn / Adhesive Bound
Language
English
Topic
General & Literary Fiction

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Content Note
Black & White Illustrations
Out-Of-Print Date
27/10/2016
Date of Publication
17/12/2009
Country of Publication
United States

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